romitoyoungker - Creative Writing Make-up Work

Week 2/17-2/20
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
President's Day: No School.	Journal 29: Write about a man or woman who got stood up. Writing Day: Pantoums.	Journal 30:
Thursday	Friday
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Week 2/9-2/13
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Journal 24: Choose someone to write about their life after high school. Have fun fictionalizing that person's future life. Notes: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka Write three each.	Journal 25: Begin your entry with "Today I will..." Writing Day: Write Haiku, Senryu and Tanka Rough Drafts (three each).	Journal 26: Start your entry with "Today I will..." Figurative Language Assignment
Thursday	Friday
Journal 27: Write a poem beginning with the line: "Bring me the sunset in a cup" from Emily Dickinson. Revision Day: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka Write one each for the final drafts	Journal 28: Fictionalize an event that happened to you. Writing Day: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, final draft, 1 each. Notes: Pantoums

Week 2/2-2/6
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Journal 19: Use your entry to describe a hot day. Writing Day: Sestina Rough Draft	Journal 20: Write about a task, job or chore that you dislike. Denotation and Connotation My Papa's Waltz	Journal 21: A man sits next to you and starts confessing "the truth". Write about what "the truth" is. Make-up work day.
Thursday	Friday
Journal 22: Start your entry with, "If I had the power to change something, I would change..." Revision Groups: Sestinas	Journal 23: Write about the biggest lie you've ever told. Writing Day: Sestina Final Draft

Week 1/26-1/30
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Journal 14: Write about you felt when you discovered you were lied to. Diamante Notes Write five diamantes.	Journal 15: Write about a blue-colored object. Writing day: diamante rough drafts.	Journal 16: Describe the meal you would cook for an enemy. Word Choice Notes Make your own word choice step chart by picking a basic word, listing 8 synonyms and fitting those synonyms into the chart from "least" at the bottom to "most" at the top.
Thursday	Friday
Journal 17: Write a letter to someone you feel you need to spend more time with. Diamante Revision Groups. Diamante Final Drafts Writing Day	Journal 18: Write about a moment when you and another person (sibling, parent, friend, etc) bonded. Sestina Notes Writing Day: Sestina Rough Draft (One)

Week 1/19-1/23
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No School	Journal 10: What would you say or do to an uninvited guest? Writing day: Sonnet Rough Drafts (due).	Journal 11: Describe in great detail the worst meal you've ever eaten. Rules of Revision Video Miss Romito's Rules of Revision
Thursday	Friday
Journal 12: If you could invent anything to help mankind, what would you do? Revision groups: Sonnets	Journal 13: Imagine your life is now a book. Write the blurb for it (the synopsis on the back cover). Writing day: Sonnet Final Draft

Week 1/12-1/16
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Journal 5: Come up with an excuse for why you can't work. Work on Poetry Analysis Presentations	Journal 6: Make a list of things that annoy you. Choose one and write about it. Work on Poetry Analysis Presentations	Journal 7: Where do you go to get away from it when the world gets to be too much? Describe that place in great detail. Work on Poetry Analysis Presentations
Thursday	Friday
Journal 8: Write a letter to a hard teacher saying all the things you've wanted to say. Poetry Analysis Presentations	Journal 9: Checking your messages after school, you get to the third voice mail and freeze. Start your story there. Poetry Analysis Presentations Sonnet Notes

Week 1/5-1/9
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Journal 0: Why did I choose to take creative writing? What are my goals? What do I hope to achieve? Syllabus What is poetry? Read in groups, come up with a definition, make a poster.	Journal 1: Write about deceit. Create Portfolios Close Reading notes and practice. Close Reading Notes.pdf Details Download 51 KB	Journal 2: What would you do if you had three wishes? Review theme and symbol. Close read and discuss Elegy for the Giant Tortoises by Margaret Atwood
Thursday	Friday
Journal 3:Picture an object in your room and describe it with great detail. Notes: Poetic Terms and Assignment Poetic Terms Notes.pdf Details Download 60 KB Poetic Terms Poem Assignment.pdf Details Download 22 KB	Journal 4: Describe a boring day, but add details to make it not boring. Anything you want. Choose a poem for the poetry analysis presentation: Poetry Analysis Presentation.pdf Details Download 22 KB Compete and present poetic terms assignment.